The Eagle
by Rosemary Sutcliff
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Ancient Rome and Fiction.
The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of Northern Britain?and they were never seen again. Thousands of men disappeared and their eagle standard was lost. It's a mystery that's never been solved, until now . . . Marcus has to find out what happened to his father, who led the legion. So he sets out into the unknown, on a quest so dangerous that nob...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Ancient Rome and Fiction.
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“@HelenaPielichat Is it Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff ...fantastic book”
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